The material in this paper is a portion of the author’s dissertation at the University of Utah, written under the direction of Professor T. B. Rushing.
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Benson, F. (1975). A short proof of a kirby flattening theorem. In: Glaser, L.C., Rushing, T.B. (eds) Geometric Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 438. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0066103
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